2023 / 2024 Season
September 17, 4pm
Persian Classical Music
Nima Janmohammadi, setar
Pejman Hadadi, tombak
Nima Janmohammadi is a composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist. As a performer of Persian classical music, he has studied with great masters of Persian Music, including legendary Mohammad Reza Lotfi and Hossein Alizadeh. He has performed in numerous recordings and concerts, including solo recitals in venues such as Boston's historic Jordan Hall, MIT, Harvard University, Tuft University, and Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY.
Pejman Hadadi is an internationally acclaimed Iranian tombak player and Persian classical musician.
October 22, 4pm
Bach Project
A Program of Trio Sonatas
Just how many people DOES it take to play a trio sonata? The Bach Project presents a program of trio sonatas featuring Andrea LeBlanc, flute; Susanna Ogata, violin; Michal Shein, cello; Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo; and Andrew Sheranian, harpsichord and organ. Join us for a gorgeous afternoon of chamber music by both J.S. and his son C.P.E. Bach as we explore their different interpretations of this popular Baroque musical form.
Trio super Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’, BWV 676 - J.S. Bach
Trio Sonata in B minor, H 567 - C.P.E. Bach
Trio Sonata in C minor, BWV 526 - J.S. Bach
Trio Sonata in A major, H. 570 - C.P.E. Bach
Sonata sopr’il Soggetto Reale from “Musikalisches Opfer”, BWV 1079 - J.S. Bach
February 18, 4pm
Xavier Foley, bass
“A dazzling player who hears borders between styles as limitations best ignored,” (Philadelphia Inquirer), Xavier Foley is known for communicating his virtuosity and passion for music on the double bass, which is rarely presented as a solo instrument. He is a first prize winner of the 2016 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, winner of the 2014 Sphinx Competition and a 2018 Recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant.
Program coming soon!
April 21, 4pm
Hub New Music &
Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi
"Tied Together"
Tied Together is a collaboration between Hub New Music and Silkroad’s Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi). The program features five new works for Hub and shakuhachi by composers of the Asia/America New Music Institute that create dialogues between Eastern and Western musical traditions. In their works, composers Takuma Itoh, Angel Lam, Sun-Young Park, Chad Cannon, and Umezaki reflect on concepts of musical influence and ancestry to create a program of vividly colorful and imaginative new compositions.
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October 8, 4pm
Victor Rosenbaum, piano
All Schubert Program
All Schubert Program in commemoration of the 195th anniversary of the composer’s death.
Victor Rosenbaum has concertized widely as soloist and chamber music performer in the United States, Europe, Asia, Israel, Brazil, and Russia in such prestigious halls as Tully Hall in New York and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. He has collaborated with such artists as Leonard Rose, Paul Katz, Arnold Steinhardt, Robert Mann, Joseph Silverstein, James Buswell, Malcolm Lowe, and the Brentano, Borromeo, and Cleveland String Quartets.
Moments Musicaux D. 780
Sonata in A major, D.959
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November 12, 4pm
Jordan Bak, viola
JiYung Lee, piano
Award-winning Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak has achieved international acclaim as a trailblazing artist, praised for his radiant stage presence, dynamic interpretations, and fearless power. He has been described as “an exciting new voice in Classical performance” and “a powerhouse musician, with a strong voice and compelling sound”
Manuel De Falla, arr. Mateu and Zanetti : Siete canciones populares Españolas
Tyson Gholston Davis, Tableau XII for Solo Viola
Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti, ko'u inoa
Robert Schumann, Fantasiestücke
George Enescu : Concert Piece for Viola and Piano
Arnold Bax, Viola Sonata
March 10, 4pm
Bach Project
Ensemble Program
Ah, coffee! … but how much would you be willing to give up for your daily cup? In Bach’s delightful Coffee Cantata, Ulysses Thomas, Elise Groves, and Andrew Bearden Brown will find out how far a devoted coffee lover will go to maintain their habit! Also on this program of Bach’s secular music is his thrilling 5th Brandenburg Concerto, written for flute, strings, and sumptuous harpsichord solo.
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050
Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1038
Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Coffee Cantata), BWV 211
May 19, 4pm
Balourdet Quartet
The Balourdet Quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, as well as prizes in international competitions including the Banff, Paolo Borciani, and Carl Nielsen competitions. They were also awarded the Gold Medal at the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the 2021 Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition.
Mozart, String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K.421
Karim Al Zand, Strange Machines (2022)
Beethoven, String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No.1
Ashmont Hill Chamber Music is pleased to participate in the Card to Culture program, a collaboration between Mass Cultural Council and the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Massachusetts Health Connector, and the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Nutrition Program.
We offer $3 tickets to all concerts to EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders. See the full list of participating organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.
Violinist Randall Goosby with Project STEP violist Nathan Theodore, performing the Rondeau from Mozart's Duet No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, from our concert on February 13, 2022.
"It was a treat to be in such intimate surroundings with the Borromeo Quartet . . Given the location within a stone’s throw of a Red Line stop, reasonably easy parking, and great acoustics, Peabody Hall and Ashmont Hill Chamber Music deserve repeat visits."
Boston Music Intelligencer
